This battery essentials deliverable includes:

• Product teardown images
• Package optical photographs
• Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of the battery
• Differential capacity analysis of the battery
• Plan-view scanning electron microscope (SEM) images of the separated battery layers
• Optical and cross-sectional SEM images of the battery structure
• Results of SEM-based energy dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) analysis of the battery materials
• Fourier-Transform infrared (FTIR) analysis of the separator
• Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS) analysis of the electrolyte solution
• X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) of the anode and cathode
• X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) of the anode

The image set for a standard project is derived from reverse engineering a single Li-ion battery sample. Value add information, such as additional planes of cross-section and additional materials analysis may be included on a case-by-case basis. The battery essentials deliverable provides basic competitive benchmarking information and enables cost-effective tracking of multiple competitors' technology.